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Series 20
From Countdown
Series 20 ran from July 1990 to September 1990. The twentieth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Liz Barber. This was also the first series which had a change of dictionaries, as the COD8 replaced the COD7 in Episode 1016.
Seed table
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Derek Coombs | 8 | 462 |
2 | Billy Ward | 7 | 333 |
3 | Fiona Willis | 5 | 326 |
4 | Roy Bendall | 5 | 237 |
5 | Maurice Binks | 5 | 231 |
6 | Gordon Foy | 4 | 226 |
7 | Liz Barber | 4 | 191 |
8 | Denys Hollis | 3 | 127 |
Finals progress
Derek Coombs (1) vs Denys Hollis (8) | Derek Coombs (1) vs Maurice Binks (5) | Derek Coombs (1) vs Liz Barber (7) |
Maurice Binks (5) vs Roy Bendall (4) | ||
Fiona Willis (3) vs Gordon Foy (6) | Fiona Willis (3) vs Liz Barber (7) | |
Liz Barber (7) vs Billy Ward (2) |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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1004 | 3/07/1990 | P | Liz Barber | 58 – 33 | David Morris | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 73 | ||
1005 | 4/07/1990 | P | Liz Barber | 54 – 29 | Bill Giles | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 74 | ||
1006 | 5/07/1990 | P | Liz Barber | 46 – 32 | Sue Goodworth | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 70 | ||
1007 | 6/07/1990 | P | Liz Barber | 33 – 23 | Anne Duncan | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 73 | ||
1008 | 9/07/1990 | P | Liz Barber | 30 – 43 | Andrea Parker | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 73 | ||
1009 | 10/07/1990 | P | Malti Vasudevan | 28 – 38 | Andrea Parker | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 71 | ||
1010 | 11/07/1990 | P | George Head | 55 – 14 | Andrea Parker | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 84 | ||
1011 | 12/07/1990 | P | George Head | 31 – 43 | Richard Hooke | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 72 | ||
1012 | 13/07/1990 | P | Graham Pearson | 40 – 51 | Richard Hooke | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 70 | ||
1013 | 16/07/1990 | P | Derek Coombs | 42 – 37 | Richard Hooke | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 84 | ||
1014 | 17/07/1990 | P | Derek Coombs | 56 – 15 | Pat Daines | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 69 | ||
1015 | 18/07/1990 | P | Derek Coombs | 57 – 30 | Neil Kendall | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 68 | ||
1016 | 19/07/1990 | P | Neil Rich | 49 – 58 | Derek Coombs | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 71 | ||
1017 | 20/07/1990 | P | Duncan Dale-Emberton | 33 – 63 | Derek Coombs | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 74 | ||
1018 | 23/07/1990 | P | Mollie Haigh | 18 – 68 | Derek Coombs | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 76 | ||
1019 | 24/07/1990 | P | Colin Blumen | 44 – 72 | Derek Coombs | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 73 | ||
1020 | 25/07/1990 | P | Kevin Roberts | 44 – 46 | Derek Coombs | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 82 | ||
1021 | 26/07/1990 | P | Hadrian Geoffes | 51 – 60 | Gordon Foy | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 72 | ||
1022 | 27/07/1990 | P | David Uri | 27 – 57 | Gordon Foy | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 70 | ||
1023 | 30/07/1990 | P | Marguerite Moulding | 39 – 66 | Gordon Foy | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 76 | ||
1024 | 31/07/1990 | P | John Mann | 40 – 43 | Gordon Foy | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 82 | ||
1025 | 1/08/1990 | P | Alan Harris | 39 – 36 | Gordon Foy | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 73 | ||
1026 | 2/08/1990 | P | Alan Harris | 30 – 35 | Maurice Binks | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 68 | ||
1027 | 3/08/1990 | P | John Rowan | 49 – 66 | Maurice Binks | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 74 | ||
1028 | 6/08/1990 | P | Philip Calvert | 6 – 42 | Maurice Binks | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 69 | ||
1029 | 7/08/1990 | P | Dave Berry | 44 – 49 | Maurice Binks | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 71 | ||
1030 | 8/08/1990 | P | Peggy Wilkinson | 33 – 39 | Maurice Binks | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 68 | ||
1031 | 9/08/1990 | P | Peter North | 38 – 32 | Maurice Binks | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 69 | ||
1032 | 10/08/1990 | P | Peter North | 46 – 37 | Aileen Willett | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 73 | ||
1033 | 13/08/1990 | P | Peter North | 28 – 46 | Denys Hollis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 92 | ||
1034 | 14/08/1990 | P | Chris Bergman | 27 – 31 | Denys Hollis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 70 | ||
1035 | 15/08/1990 | P | Mike Lott | 33 – 50 | Denys Hollis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 73 | ||
1036 | 16/08/1990 | P | Tony Hallam | 45 – 26 | Denys Hollis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 70 | ||
1037 | 17/08/1990 | P | Tony Hallam | 32 – 50 | Iris Denon | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 72 | ||
1038 | 20/08/1990 | P | Stephen Mack | 53 – 42 | Iris Denon | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 72 | ||
1039 | 21/08/1990 | P | Stephen Mack | 57 – 35 | Mervyn Taylor | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 83 | ||
1040 | 22/08/1990 | P | Stephen Mack | 52 – 53 | Roy Bendall | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 84 | ||
1041 | 23/08/1990 | P | Susan Godfrey | 35 – 52 | Roy Bendall | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 77 | ||
1042 | 24/08/1990 | P | Jim Harvey | 40 – 50 | Roy Bendall | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 72 | ||
1043 | 27/08/1990 | P | Dennis Edgson | 36 – 42 | Roy Bendall | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 72 | ||
1044 | 28/08/1990 | P | Vera Selby | 33 – 40 | Roy Bendall | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 71 | ||
1045 | 29/08/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 46 – 40 | Roy Bendall | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 75 | ||
1046 | 30/08/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 48 – 46 | Mary Andrews | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 73 | ||
1047 | 31/08/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 61 – 45 | Michael Kerr | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 75 | ||
1048 | 3/09/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 61 – 30 | Pete Johnson | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 73 | ||
1049 | 4/09/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 50 – 50 | Ian McLoughlin | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 73 | ||
1050 | 5/09/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 60 – 53 | Ian McLoughlin | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 73 | ||
1051 | 6/09/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 45 – 52 | Richard Stevens | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 73 | ||
1052 | 7/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 48 – 44 | Richard Stevens | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 74 | ||
1053 | 10/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 43 – 35 | Martin Jacques | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Frazer Hines | Mark Nyman | 72 | ||
1054 | 11/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 34 – 31 | Maureen Pollard | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Frazer Hines | Mark Nyman | 82 | ||
1055 | 12/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 53 – 43 | Malcolm Stern | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Frazer Hines | Mark Nyman | 71 | ||
1056 | 13/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 39 – 15 | Beryl Sutherland | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Frazer Hines | Mark Nyman | 71 | ||
1057 | 14/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 54 – 39 | Martin Parker | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 72 | ||
1058 | 17/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 62 – 35 | Diane Hartrey | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 73 | ||
1059 | 18/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 39 – 42 | Robert Houston | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 75 | ||
1060 | 19/09/1990 | P | Ray Norris | 27 – 50 | Robert Houston | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 70 | ||
1061 | 20/09/1990 | QF | Derek Coombs | 69 – 10 | Denys Hollis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 73 | ||
1062 | 21/09/1990 | QF | Billy Ward | 28 – 61 | Liz Barber | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 83 | ||
1063 | 24/09/1990 | QF | Roy Bendall | 32 – 46 | Maurice Binks | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 69 | ||
1064 | 25/09/1990 | QF | Fiona Willis | 44 – 37 | Gordon Foy | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Tim Rice | Simon Mason | 74 | ||
1065 | 26/09/1990 | SF | Derek Coombs | 51 – 34 | Maurice Binks | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Tim Rice | Simon Mason | 67 | ||
1066 | 27/09/1990 | SF | Fiona Willis | 37 – 50 | Liz Barber | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Tim Rice | Simon Mason | 70 | ||
1067 | 28/09/1990 | GF | Derek Coombs | 66 – 67 | Liz Barber | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Tim Rice, Gyles Brandreth | Simon Mason | 124 |